Yo, the
feed back from my last one shot was so awesome that I had to write
another! I hope that you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed
writing it! I do ask that after you're done reading that you give
me your review, but please be nice about it. Also if anyone is wonder
this has nothing to do with During the Night. Okay? Okay!
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Disclaimer:
I don't actually own Danny Phantom, I wish I did but I don't.

Exposed

It was gym
class, and the weather outside was marvellously warm for a June
afternoon so the teacher had agreed to have an outdoor class. The
instant they all had filed outside though, Mr. Withers was called
down to the office for something, thus leaving his class to occupy
themselves. As you can imagine, a group of sixteen year olds are not
going to stand around doing nothing so everyone began to goof off and
do their own thing.

Sam, Danny
and Tucker, the proclaimed loser trio of Casper High, had gone off to
the side of the basketball court to just sit and talk.

Danny
leaned back into the shady tree behind him and smiled lazily. There
had been few ghosts attacking in the past few weeks so for the first
time in a while he was able to feel relaxed. While his icy blue eyes
drifted over his familiar surroundings he came to a stop when Sam
came into her sight. The sides of his mouth twitched upward into a
smile, as he looked her over.

Sam still
stuck to her gothic ways so her gym clothes consisted of a pair of
black shorts that revealed a generous portion of her smooth pale legs
and a dark violet tank top that hugged to her nicely. For gym Sam had
changed her regular boots for a pair of black sneakers with black
laces that had skulls running up them.

She had
grown into a fine young woman and was even starting to catch the eyes
of some guys. Although every time Danny did catch a guy looking
approving towards Sam he'd shoot them a dangerous icy glare that
made them look away. It seemed that in some time that he wasn't
paying attention, Danny Fenton had fallen for his best friend, not
that he would ever tell her. She was his best friend and one of the
keepers of his greatest secrets, the fact that Danny was a halfa;
half boy and half ghost. But his love was one secret he just didn't
have the courage to share.

Suddenly a
rapidly waving hand in front of his eyes obstructed his view.

"Yo,
Danny. Wake up, I know the view is nice but you're starting to
freak me out!" Tucker teased. Danny shot his friend a look and
pushed the hand away from his face.

Tucker
Foley was still considered a techno geek but he had improved from
what he had been at fourteen. For one thing, he was a lot better
looking. For his fifteenth birthday he had gotten contacts so that
his glasses didn't hide his face anymore. But that didn't help
the fact that he carried with him his PDA at all times. All in all,
the dark skinned boy had grown a little taller and filled out to an
average looking teen. He was also the second keeper of Danny's big
secret.

"You
know Danny, this is getting pretty bad. You are so obvious about
liking Sam that everyone except her knows it!" Tucker teasingly
prodded Danny in the shoulder.

"Stop it
Tuck, I don't see Sam as anything more than a friend. You got
that!" Danny stated, and for good emphasis he gave his friend a
light shove.

Tucker
held his hands up defensively, "alright, alright! I get it, you
don't like Sam." He laughed and got up to walk back in the school
to get something out of his locker.

Sam
watched her friend leave before glancing back at Danny; she was
completely oblivious to the conversation that went on between the two
guys earlier. Their eyes met and Sam felt the familiar feeling of
butterflies dancing around in her stomach. She knew why there were
butterflies in dancing around in her; it was no mystery to her. Ever
since the end of ninth grade, Sam Manson had known she was in love
with her best friend.

Daniel
Fenton had grown into a fine young man at age sixteen. No longer was
he the scrawny, awkward kid that he used to be. He had gone through a
growth spurt a while back that made him a few inches taller than Sam.
His face matured but he still possessed a twinkle of boyishness in
his blue eyes. There was just one thing about him that the rest of
the world would have never guessed; he wasn't really the scrawny
boy that everyone thought he was. In fact, Danny was one of the
finest built guys at Casper High thanks to the ghost fights he's
fought through the years. Due to all the baggy shirts and pants that
he wore, no one had a clue.

The only
reason Sam knew this was that time a few months ago went she had come
over without notice. Jazz had let her in to wait in Danny's room
for him to get out of the shower. As Sam carefully sat down his blue
bedspread, Danny himself came marching into his room wearing nothing
but a towel wrapped loosely around his waist. After the initial shock
of it all, both teens were able to laugh it off and Sam waited in the
hall for Danny to get dressed. That was the first time she really saw
what all of the battles Danny had fought was doing for him.

Danny
squirmed a little underneath Sam's gaze.

Sam smiled
then giggled a little. "Am I making you nervous, Danny?" Sam
asked playfully. She knew how to keep her feeling locked away well,
so well that sometimes it scared her.

"No,
n-not at all!" Danny squeaked. It was evident that something had
him flustered, if only she knew what?

"Hey,
you want to play a little game of one-on-one?" Sam offered. She
pointed to the half of the basketball court that wasn't being used.

"Sure,
sounds great." Danny scrambled up and offered Sam his hand. Sam
blushed a little and took his offered hand.

They stole
a basketball from the in the equipment room and began their game. It
was a little bit of an unevenly matched game since Danny kept
cheating by using his ghost powers. Mind you, nothing to big since
they were out in the open, just small things that no one would notice
like phasing through Sam's hands to steal the ball or when ever he
would jump up to dunk the ball, Danny would discreetly fly up a
little higher. Surprisingly though, with all the cheating that was
going on Sam was holding her own pretty well.

It was a
short game that ended when one person got up to the points, which
turned out to be Danny. He let the win go to his head and jumped
around pumping his fists in the air.

Sam
exhaled deeply and brushed some of her raven eyes out of her eyes.
"You only won because you cheated." She stated.

Danny
turned her way with a look of mock hurt on his face, "don't you
think I could win on my own?"

Sam felt
her face heat up at the cute expression he wore. "Yes, of course I
think you can win on your own Danny…"

He
instantly brightened up the second those words left Sam's mouth. "I
know, I beat you didn't I?" He smirked playfully. Sam opened her
mouth in protest but was cut off as Danny ran to her and grasped her
around her slim waist. Next thing Sam knew, she was being swung about
in the air by Danny who kept his hands tightly locked on her to make
sure she didn't fall.

"Danny,
what do you think you're doing! Put me down!" Sam yelled.

Danny
shook his head and lifted her up higher. "Come Sam, celebrate my
victory with me!" He slung her light form over his shoulder with
incredible ease and bounced about for fun.

With each
jolt that Sam got she realized that her shirt was riding up. "Danny!
Please put me down or I'll- I'll-." San couldn't think of a
bad enough threat to use.

"Or
you'll what?" Danny challenged.

"I'll
do this!" Sam reached to his sides and began to tickle him
slightly. Danny felt the feather light touches through his shirt and
began to chuckle.

"Hey,
stop it! No fair!" He called and set the Goth down. Sam quickly
righted her shirt before anyone realized that it had gone up a little
higher than necessary.

"Who
said I was playing fair?" She teased.

Danny was
about to retort but before he had the chance a large orange sphere
shot out of nowhere and smacked him in the back of the head.

"Owww!"
Danny cursed and rubbed the head.

"Look
what you did Fenton! You ruined our game!" yelled a tall blond jock
from the other end of the court.

Danny
sighed and mumbled, "You didn't have much of a game to begin
with."

Sam
stepped in between the two guys and glared at Dash. "He didn't
say anything Dash, just go back to your game and leave us alone."

Dash
glared dangerously at Sam but pushed her aside in favour of bullying
Danny. Some of the students noticed the increased tension on the
basketball court and wandered over to check out what was happening.
Tucker even came back from his locker, but his hands were empty so he
must have not have found what he was looking for. Quickly spotting
the gathering class he ran over to check it out.

Danny
glared at Dash dangerously wishing that for once he could use his
ghost powers on the self-obsessed jock. What a bad beating he would
give if he had the opportunity. But alas since Danny wasn't exactly
willing to reveal that he was the town's Public Enemy Number One,
he would just have to suffer through the beating.

"You
know what Fenton, I wasn't having that good of a game in the first
place, I think I'll take it out on you!" Dash stated.

It was at
that moment that the doors that lead into the gym suddenly swung open
and a young freshman ran out carrying a bucket full of water. She
stumbled precariously trying to keep the water in as she made her way
over to the basketball court, it looked like her science class was
having it's class outdoors as well on the other side of school
yard.

Nervously
she made her way through the wall of older kids but accidentally
bumped into Dash. The jock snorted and shoved the kid out of the way
like he had shoved Sam. It was too bad that the girl was carrying
that bucket full of water. In a cry of surprise she tripped over her
feet and the water went flying in Danny's direction. Wouldn't you
know, he took a direct hit from the cool water and got soaked.

"Sorry!
I am so sorry!" the girl stuttered. She gathered back her bucket
and stood mortified before Danny. "I really didn't mean it! I
tripped! It was an accident, honest! I'm sorry!"

The crowd
roared with laughter. Dash bent over slapping his knee.

"Ha-ha!
Fenton, you're all wet!" He snorted.

Danny
glared at Dash before looking at the frightened girl. "Look I know
it was an accident so no hard feelings, alright? Just get back to
your class."

The girl
nodded rapidly and shot off towards her class.

"What a
loser." Dash laughed as he watched the poor girl run. Danny
narrowed his eyes at the comment. A slight breeze picked up and
reminded him that he was wearing a soaked shirt.

'Can't
stand here in a soaked shirt I guess.' Danny mentally sighed. He
reached for the hem of his shirt and slowly began to peel it off his
body.

Sam stared
in wonder at the man before her. To her amazement Danny just remained
deaf to everyone as he the sunlight glistened on his well-toned
chest. While he rung out his shirt the muscles on his arms and back
flexed to reveal the coiled strength that he hid from the world. Sam
found herself unable to look away, just like every other girl out
there. She allowed her eyes to trace over him greedily and watch as
his muscles moved sinuously underneath his skin.

She stood
there admiring him only until she realized that she wasn't the only
one. A hot spike of jealousy shot through her as Sam saw that every
single girl of that class had their eyes on Danny. Sam felt her fists
clench angrily. An angry heat flushed over Sam's face as she glared
at each of the girls only to come to a stop on the nearest girl whose
eyes were plastered on Danny's body. Paulina.

'Witch!
What does she think she's doing!' Sam mentally hissed. Paulina
had never shown any real interest in Danny. The only times she had
was when she wanted to steal Danny away from Sam or if she wanted
something from him. Sam could help but feel a flare of anger that
surged through her.

After what
seemed like forever, Danny had finally rung out his shirt as best he
could and slipped it back over his head. It was then that he finally
took notice of the excessive staring that he was receiving. Honestly,
what was so interesting about him? He glanced around to see that the
only eyes that weren't on him were Sam's, who was currently
glaring daggers at Paulina.

Danny
shook off the weirdness and turned to Dash once more. "So, where
were we?" He asked tauntingly, normally not a smart move but the
way Dash was looking so dumbfounded Danny decided to take the risk.

Dash
snapped out of his shock. How the hell was Fenton so built? It was
easy to tell that he could take on a few guys at once and Dash wasn't
that stupid, he wasn't going to take the risk.

"Forget
about it Fenton, maybe some other time." Dash stuck his nose in the
air and left haughtily. His jock lackeys followed but some of the
girls remained in their stupor. Danny turned from them and put a hand
on Sam's shoulder so that she would end her one sided glaring
match. Even though Paulina was still good looking, Danny had long
since gotten over the girl.

"Come on
Sam, Tuck, let's go." Danny urged. Just as they began to walk
away Paulina snapped out of it and began to walk up to Danny with a
seductive look in her eyes.

"Wait,
Danny." She called out. Danny halted to see what the popular girl
wanted. She licked her lips invitingly while sending Sam a nasty
look. "Hey, I was just wondering, you know, if you would like to go
to the Nasty Burger sometime with me?"

Sam's
eyes widened in shock. Danny wouldn't agree! He just couldn't!
She looked to see what his response was only to see that it looked
like he was considering the offer. Well not really, but through her
hate and jealousy clouded eyes that's what Sam saw. In truth Danny
was about to decline the offer.

'No, I
can't compare with Paulina!' Sam thought acidly. 'If Danny
wants to go with the shallow witch, I'll make his decision easier!'

"I hope
you have fun with Paulina!" Sam bit out and slapped Danny on the
back, hard. Without another word the Goth marched off away from the
basketball court and into the school.

Paulina
smirked triumphantly and made her way closer to Danny. She slid her
hand up his arm, feeling the taught muscle under the flesh, resting
her manicured hand on his shoulder.

"Oh
well, her loss."

Danny
tensed; this wasn't what he wanted. He'd rather have Sam than
Paulina. Slowly he shook Paulina's hand from him.

… … …
… … … … … … …

"Look,
I'm sorry Paulina but I can't go to the Nasty Burger with you.
Not right now, and probably no time in the future." With that the
teen walked off to find where Sam had went with Tucker jogging to
catch up.

As it
turns out, Sam was in the girls change room. Danny had to go ghost so
he could be invisible and go in through the walls so that no one
would see him go in. Immediately he announced his presence so as not
to scare Sam.

Sam looked
up from the bench she was sitting to look into the beautiful, almost
chilling, glowing green eyes that Danny possessed in his ghost mode.
She couldn't look at him for long though, the tight black lab suit
that Danny Phantom wore revealed his body with stunning detail, it
was too much so Sam lowered her eyes back to the bench.

"Sam,
what's wrong?" Danny asked as he floated down to sit next to her.

Sam glared
half-heartedly at the halfa. 'He really had no clue how much it
hurts you have him go out with Paulina.' "Nothing is wrong Danny.
I'm fine." She stated icily.

"That's
a lie, I know it. Something is bothering you and I want to know what.
You can tell me, I'm your friend." Danny offered.

Sam shot
up from her seat. "You- you exposed yourself during gym Danny! I
wish you could have seen yourself shamelessly flaunting your body
before an entire class! Didn't you notice all those girls? They all
saw you I could see it! Even Paulina was impressed but I'm sure you
know that by now!" Sam raved.

"No Sam!
It's not like that!" Danny tried to defend himself.

"I don't
want to hear it!" Sam yelled and clamped her hands over her ears.
"Just have fun with your new girlfriend at the Nasty Burger!"
After this she stormed out of the change room leaving Danny there
with his mouth gaping.

'She's
jealous.' Danny realized.

… … …
… … … … … … … …

The rest
of the day went by with Sam avoiding Danny. She skirted around him in
the halls and refused to talk to him during class. It stung too much
to confront him again. But don't think Danny was just standing by
letting this happen, every chance he got he tried to speak to her;
Sam expertly evaded him at every turn.

It wasn't
until the end of the day that Danny finally got his chance to get to
Sam. He had made a deal with Tucker to get Sam to wait out in the
back of the school for Tucker to ask her an important question after
school. So there she was waiting near the back doors of Casper High
glancing around nervously.

Danny
expertly flew up behind Sam and silently went back to his human mode.

"Sam, I
want to know what's really the matter." Danny stated.

Sam gasped
in surprise and spun around to come face to face with Danny. "W-what
are you doing here? Tucker told me to come here because he had a
question."

"That
was a ploy to get you here." Danny said. He came to stand in front
of Sam and looked down into her beautiful violet eyes. "Now I want
to know the truth, why are you so upset." In his mind Danny begged
for Sam to say that she was jealous for that would mean that she had
feelings for him.

"I- I
don't know." Sam lied. She found herself getting flustered by the
icy blue stare that was boring into her own eyes.

"That's
not true, you do know."

"It
doesn't matter."

"It
matters to me." Danny stated firmly.

Sam sighed
and looked away. What could the truth hurt now?

"I'm
upset at the fact that you exposed your self like that during gym."

Danny
chuckled lightly, "you make it sound like I dropped my pants,
again."

Sam smiled
at the memory. "No, not like that. You were just showing yourself
off to all those people, letting all those girls drool over you. How
could you do such a thing?" Sam asked quietly.

Danny
cocked his head to the side, had he been showing off? Was he really
making all those girls speechless? "I didn't know Sam. All I was
doing was ringing out my shirt. I didn't mean to show off if that's
what you thought and I didn't mean to attract any girls."

Sam looked
up in wonder into his blue eyes. "Than what about Paulina?"

"There's
nothing about Paulina, after you walked away I turned her down."
Danny explained.

"You
turned Paulina down?" Sam asked incredulously.

"Yep,
because there was someone else I wanted to go to the Nasty Burger
with." Danny hinted. Sam deflated at the prospect of a new girl.
Danny saw this and placed a finger under her chin so she would look
him in the eye. "That girl I want to go with is you."

Tears of
happiness welled in Sam's eyes. "I can't believe what a fool
I've been!" She exclaimed before leaning forward to embrace
Danny. Before she was even able to get her arms around him the doors
suddenly swung open and out flung the same freshman from before. Like
before her arms were laden with a full bucket of water but her shoes
were untied and she ended up tipping the entire contents of water on
Danny, again.

She
squealed in mortification. "I am so sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! I
am such a big klutz!" She cried.

Danny and
Sam only chuckled at the girl's desperate gravelling. Sam reached
out a calmly tapped her shoulder.

"Don't
worry about it, just be more careful next time you're carrying
water okay?"

The girl
nodded to Sam and gathered up her bucket much like before and ran off
around the school. That left Sam standing next to a sopping Danny. He
shot her a mischievous look before reaching for the hem of his shirt.
Sam caught on to the hint and grinned widely.

Danny
began to peel of his shirt as enticingly slow as he could. "You
know what Sam, there's no one else here for you to be jealous of."

"Lucky
me, I get the exposed you all to myself." Sam purred.

… … …
… … … … … … …

"Alright
Foley, hand over the money you owe me!" Demanded the
bucket-wielding freshman. "I don't know what kind of weird game
your playing with that couple behind the school, but getting me to
spill water on the guy like I did this morning is seriously weird!"

Tucker
smirked and reached for the ten dollars in his pocket. "Yeah I
know. But by any chance did it look like they were getting closer?"
He asked.

The girl
shrugged. "I don't know, I though they were going to kiss before
I walked in." She counted her money carefully to make sure it was
all there. When she was sure it was all there she waved and walked
off home.

Tucker
stood there smirking in the direction he knew his newly hooked up
friend were.

"Ah, the
things I do for you two."

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